Claiming Housing Benefit, etc. & eBay income.

FRESTER

Benefits_Bod wrote: »

So long as the sales are purely of personal items and are not for the purpose of "trading", there *should* be no difficulty at all. In simple terms (always dangerous in benefits!), perhaps this test could be applied: Are any further items being purchased to be sold? In other words, are/were the sold items stock that is then replaced by further stock for further sales?

If the answers to the above are "no", I can't see how the monies from selling personal items can be income (let alone earnings). So, as suggested by an earlier poster, the proceeds would be capital.

Obviously, if you have a mini warehouse full of goods that you carry on selling, that may be seen in a different light!

We are only selling stuff we have had in the loft for years.We will not be buying any other items with a view to selling them on for profit.Thanks for your response.